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| A former Manchester City youth team goalkeeper has been jailed for 20 months for blackmailing a Premier League footballer over sexual images. | |
| Goalkeeper Ashley Timms, 22, of Middleton, Greater Manchester, admitted making unwarranted demands with menaces on the unnamed player. | Goalkeeper Ashley Timms, 22, of Middleton, Greater Manchester, admitted making unwarranted demands with menaces on the unnamed player. |
| Manchester Crown Court heard the blackmail took place between March and April this year. | Manchester Crown Court heard the blackmail took place between March and April this year. |
| Timms demanded £15,000, threatening to publish the images if he was not paid. | |
| Text messages | |
| Manchester Crown Court heard how the blackmail victim, known only as Witness A, received a number of threats over the sexual images. | |
| David Friesner, prosecuting, said there was a "long protracted series of text messages that culminated in the offence". | |
| Timms played with Manchester City's under-19 side and had spells at Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley as well as a number of non-league clubs. | |
| He has also had trials at Norwich City, Bolton Wanderers, Fulham, Oldham and Macclesfield. | |
| He joined Cambridge City in January on non-contract terms but has since left. |